Northland

The school's principal says she cannot provide any answers regarding the incident, while a spokesperson for the family has thanked people for their love and support.

Searchers have recovered a body at Abbey Caves in Northland where a student went missing after a school trip during bad weather on Tuesday.

Whangārei Boys' High School had been aware the caving network where a student's body has been found was prone to flooding and had done a detailed risk assessment plan.

Rain that caused flooding in Auckland on Tuesday has moved towards the Bay of Plenty, with up to 100 millimetres of rain expected to fall in the region.

Kaipara District Council's push to build a controversial waste to energy plant in or near Auckland includes the 41 per cent Chinese-owned company aiming to build a $350 million equivalent in…

The search for a teen missing in a Northland cave has been suspended until Wednesday morning.

Evacuations are being carried out in Tasman after a stream breached its banks, with orange heavy rain warnings in place there, in Nelson, Marlborough, Northland, Taranaki and Westland. Audio

Country Life turns back the clock ten years to our visit with the late Far North farmer Ken Vincent. Back in 2013, he'd been breeding chooks for 70 years.

Streams and rivers are rising and flooding has been reported in North Taranaki, Civil Defence says. Audio

A couple involved in dealing drugs and a failed attempt at cooking methamphetamine which resulted in an explosion causing $100,000 in financial losses have been sentenced.

Police have seized drugs and firearms at a Northland property this week, which they say was linked to Black Power and alleged drug dealing.

Whangārei's old town hall "eyesore" is to live on in a now $7.43 million renovation due to start by June - in spite of five of the city's leaders wanting...

Downpours have hit Northland, Auckland and Coromandel overnight, with Kaikohe seeing 200 millimetres of rain in 24 hours and the Karangahake Gorge closed due to a slip. Audio

A fire that destroyed a family's home and left a woman and three children in hospital could have turned into an "absolute tragedy", a top firefighter says.

The O Mahurangi Penlink project is due to be completed in 2026.

MetService has issued gale warnings for the upper-North Island's coastline, with some Northland households without power overnight as heavy rain hits the region.

Northland has escaped any major problems from the weather so far, but Emergency Management is expecting further downpours this afternoon.

There have been some heavy rainfalls recorded overnight in Northland as a belt of wet and windy weather moves across the upper North Island.

Heavy rain and high winds are expected to reach Northland by 8pm before spreading to Auckland, Great Barrier Island and the Coromandel by early Sunday.